Max Lucado shares the story of a parakeet named Chippie who had a very bad day. It began when the bird's owner decided to clean his cage with a vacuum cleaner. She was almost finished when the phone rang, so she turned around to answer it. Before she knew it, Chippie was gone.
In a panic, she ripped open the vacuum bag. There was Chippie, covered in dirt and gasping for air. She carried him to the bathroom and rinsed him off under the faucet. Then, realizing that Chippie was cold and wet, she reached for the hair dryer! Chippie never knew what hit him.
His owner was asked a few days later how he was recovering. "Well", she replied, "Chippie doesn't sing much anymore. He just sits and stares."
Have you ever felt like that? One minute you're whistling through life, and the next you've caught up in a whirlwind of stress. Life sucks you up into its vortex and just when you think you've recovered from one trouble another wind of adversity blows in your direction.
Don't be like Chippie the parakeet. Don't let the song go out of your life. David did not let fear take the song out of his life and neither should we. But how is this possible? It is possible only when we focus on who God is, how great He is, and what He means to us. He is our light. He is our salvation. Because of Him, we are no longer living in the darkness of sin. No enemy can take God's salvation from us! (Dan Anderson)
ⓒ Pastor Lee Hangyu http://www.john316.or.kr
